The U.S. Navy has formally apologized for obliterating an Alaska Native village in 1882, the second such apology this fall.

Klane was killed when a harpoon gun exploded on a whaling ship owned by his employer, the North West Trading Co. The Navy’s ...

The U.S. Navy officially apologized this week for the bombardment of Angoon, a native Alaskan village, in 1882.

The Navy officially apologized to the Tlingit community for a bombardment that wiped out an Alaskan village in 1882.

The Harpoon missile, first developed in 1977 by McDonnell Douglas, revolutionized naval warfare with its radar-homing and sea-skimming capabilities. Designed to counter Soviet threats like the ...

Klane was killed when a harpoon gun exploded on a whaling ship owned by his employer, the North West Trading Co. The Navy's version says tribal members forced the vessel to shore, possibly took ...

Klane was killed when a harpoon gun exploded on a whaling ship owned by his employer, the North West Trading Co. The Navy's version says tribal members forced the vessel to shore, possibly took ...

In the 1980s, the U.S. considered converting four Iowa-class battleships into "battlecarriers," blending battleship firepower ...

When the whale was at 150 feet or less, he would sight and fire the harpoon gun on the bow. Once the 140 pound harpoon with an exploding head had been fired into the whale, it was secured to the ...

It is not specified in which areas these anti-drone guns are being used in the Ukraine operation MOSCOW, October 17. /TASS/. Russian troops are successfully using Harpoon-3 anti-drone guns in the ...

A mystery beginning in the South Atlantic and ending in South Kensington has finally been solved. The century-long story of ...

who was killed aboard a whaling ship by an exploding harpoon gun. According to the Naval Heritage and History Command, accounts from the time say members of the Tlingit tribe forced the whaling ...